Plant Pathogenic Fungi Overview

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What are the characteristics of fungi?

Achlorophyllous, Eukaryotic, Heterotroph, filamentous, reproduce mainly by spores.

Which of the following is a characteristic of plant pathogenic fungi?

  • They are prokaryotic.
  • They reproduce only sexually.
  • They possess chlorophyll.
  • They are heterotrophic. (correct)

Plant pathogenic fungi are eukaryotic organisms.

True (A)

Plant pathogenic fungi reproduce mainly by ______.

<p>spores</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the nutrition method of plant pathogenic fungi?

<p>Absorption</p> Signup and view all the answers

Describe the vegetative thallus structure of fungi.

<p>Typically filamentous nonmotile mycelium or hyphae, which may be coenocytic or septated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is typically present in the cell wall of fungi?

<p>Chitin and glucans (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a phylum under Kingdom Fungi?

<p>Phylum Chytridiomycota (A), Phylum Zygomycota (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the motile cells formed by Chytridiomycota called?

<p>Zoospores (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary plant disease caused by Olpidium brassicae?

<p>Root disease of crucifers</p> Signup and view all the answers

Zygomycetes produce zoospores.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What kind of spores are produced by Ascomycota?

<p>Ascospores</p> Signup and view all the answers

The imperfect fungi in Phylum Ascomycota are known as ______.

<p>Deuteromycetes</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the defining characteristic of the class Zygomycetes?

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Plant Pathogenic Fungi

  • Achlorophyllous: Lack chlorophyll, meaning they cannot photosynthesize and must obtain food from other sources.
  • Eukaryotic: Possess a nucleus enclosed within a membrane.
  • Heterotroph: Obtain their nutrition from organic matter, either living or dead.
  • Reproduce mainly by spores: Can reproduce both sexually and asexually through spore formation.
  • Nutrition by absorption: They absorb nutrients from their environment through specialized structures.
  • Spore-forming microorganisms with branched filamentous vegetative structures: Have a characteristic filamentous structure called hyphae, which can be branched.
  • True nuclei and cell walls: Possess a nucleus and cell walls, which are primarily composed of chitin.
  • Cell wall: Typically consists of glucans and chitin (Eumycota) or glucans and cellulose (Oomycota/ Stramenopila).
  • Eukaryotic, uni- or multinucleate thallus: Can have one or multiple nuclei within their body, which can be haploid, dikaryotic or diploid.
  • Vegetative thallus is typically a filamentous nonmotile mycelium or hyphae: Their body is made up of a network of hyphae, which are filamentous structures without the ability to move.
  • Hyphae can be coenocytic or septated: Hyphae can be either continuous with multiple nuclei (coenocytic) or divided into individual cells with septa (septated).

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